PSYCH339 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Capital, Catchphrase, Intangible Asset
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Chapter 1- staffing models and strategy: staffing is a critical organizational function concerned with the acquisition, deployment and retention of the organization"s workforce. Definition of staffing: staffing: the process of acquiring, deploying, and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization"s effectiveness. Implications of definition: any organization must have staffing systems that guide the acquisition, deployment, and retention of its workforce, acquisition activities: external staffing systems that govern the initial intake of applicants into the organization. Each individual must be assessed relative to the requirements and rewards of the job being filled: the model emphasizes that the matching process involves a dual match of ksaos to requirements and motivation to rewards. Job requirements: tasks involved in the job and the. Ksaos that are necessary to perform those tasks. First need to establish job tasks to find needed ksaos -> except generic ksaos (literacy: job requirements often extend beyond task and ksaos requirements.